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Simplifying Life During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Simplifying Life During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Author(s): Renata Dopierała
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: simple life; voluntary simplifiers; alternative forms of consumption

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to present selected aspects of everyday life of people who define themselves as followers of simplifying life in view of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland. The article comprises three parts. The first, in a synthetic form, gives an outline of the idea of a simple life, its main beliefs and manifestations, whereas the second describes the degree and types of changes in the organisation of everyday life of simplifiers at the given time. The third part investigates whether the pandemic-triggered experiences have the potential to modify current consumption attitudes. This point is a reference to voices appearing in the public debate signalling – especially in the initial phase – such a possibility on a wider social scale. The research material was blog entries, fragments of podcasts on the simple life, and other sources (reports, scientific and journalistic texts).

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 82
  • Page Range: 15-30
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English